The stories out of Paris will not disappear. Paris Saint-Germain continue to be linked with the blockbuster move of letting Lionel Messi leave for free this summer. Messi struggled in his first season in Paris, but he has been brilliant this season, leading Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar and scoring 18 goals in [...]
Monaco
Monaco is one of the most successful clubs in French football, having won eight league titles and five Coupe de France trophies. The club has also competed in European football, and were runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004. Monaco played at the original Stade Louis [...]
The 2019-20 Ligue 1 season in France has been cancelled after the prime minister Edouard Philippe announced football games, even behind closed doors, will not be allowed before September. France has now joined the Netherlands, Belgium and Argentina in announcing the 2019-20 season is already over. Last week, the French Professional Football League (LFP) announced [...]
UEFA President Aleksandar Ceferin admits the idea of Champions League and Europa League play-offs are “an option,” but either way all leagues “must finish by August 3.” All football has been suspended in Europe’s major leagues due to the coronavirus pandemic and it’s not clear when, or indeed if, the campaign will be concluded. What [...]
Monaco have sacked manager Leonardo Jardim with the club third from bottom of France’s Ligue 1. The news potentially opens the way for Thierry Henry to become the French club’s next boss after their former striker was linked with the role. Former France and Arsenal star Henry, 41, began his career at Monaco and helped [...]
Paris Saint-Germain are confident they will comply with Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules despite European football’s governing body opening an investigation over the signing of Neymar this summer for a world record fee of €222 million and the extraordinary deal for Kylian Mbappe that could rise to €180m. Reportedly PSG have been careful to keep [...]
According to several media outlets, Paris Saint-Germain will sign Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe on an initial loan with the move made permanent next summer. The deal is structured this way to comply with financial fair play (FFP) regulations. The transfer fee for Mbappe will be around €180 million plus bonuses . In total, the deal [...]
Is there any sport, in any league, in the world where one club has the financial dominance over its rivals as we have in Lique 1 in France? Recently released figures show that last season, Paris Saint-Germain generated more income than 14 of its rivals put together. PSG had revenue of €484 million in 2015, [...]
What Financial Fair Play rules? That seems to be the response that Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco and Manchester City are giving to the impending FFP regulations as all three sides continues to spend heavily in this transfer window. On Thursday, Manchester City agreed to buy a Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic for £25.8 m and Sevilla’s [...]
